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Really fun day. Sunnier than the forecast predicted, amazing snow. ROTD for me was Main st. Was a bit crowded late morning but has really thinned out. I quit my job and am moving to Vermont! So I celebrated today by enjoying a great Friday at Blue.

Day 6 - Alta Better snow, still sunny. Busy day exploring more of the supreme, sugarloaf, and backside areas. Day started out pretty cold, but warmed up quickly...snow was a bit stiff but softened nicely by mid-morning. We met up with another lady from the ski diva site and two random guys from GMD that we met in the hot tub days before. Good time skiing with them all. Tomorrow is either Alta or Snowbird. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Dang, the Great Gatsby Book DIscussion Chair never came together this season. Oh well. Here's the view tonight just before I took my last-ever run down Blue Mountain, the True Mountain:

Today was the day to be at Le Massif. Since I had been lucky enough to hit Le Massif last year on a pow day, my expectations were skewed, and yet, today delivered on those expectations. We were expecting a storm total of about 10”-12”, but we woke up disappointed to just more than an inch in the hotel parking lot. Despite the lack of snow, we still got on the road by 8:10 in case we hit some inclement weather. The further northeast we got, the heavier the snow became, and the colder it got. The wind was really whipping, but the road conditions weren’t poor enough to slow us down. The parking lot was a little more full than yesterday, but we were still able to get on the lift by 9:15. We followed the same game plan as yesterday in terms of lift service, but I finally decided to dig into the trees in earnest. About 4” of snow had fallen, and it continued to dump. The wind was really whipping at the top, which also helped to refresh the trails. I did back to back glades, and the only bare spots were at the very top where it was steep. Lower down, the snow was soft, deep, and the coverage was full. My next run was down an open trail, but it was already starting to bump up with soft snow. Following the third run, we decided to head down and do some t2b runs off one of the HSQs. We went to far skiers right where I hit some more trees. Being slightly steeper, they had some more bare spots than the previous runs, but once the pitch flattened out, those glades were also quite enjoyable. We also went over to the ungroomed expert only section and were met with mostly untracked powder and some huge drifts. The snow was starting to bump up on the well traveled runs, but it continued to dump. After a handful of runs off that lift, we grabbed our lunch and headed to the bottom to eat. After a good lunch break, we went back to the first lift and repeated several runs we had started with. Since it was later in the day, the trail traffic was significantly less than before and the snow was piling up. The woods were absolutely phenomenal and starting to get deep. After two or three runs, patrol started shutting down some trails to funnel skiers back to the base area at the top of the mountain. I was able to sneak into the glades via an unmarked woods trail off an open trail, and was richly rewarded. We tried to sneak in an extra run, but unfortunately, we were a little too late. Overall, we ended today with 13 runs, which was one less than yesterday. However, the powder was much tougher on the legs, and 2,500’ vertical t2b routes really rack up the vert. I would say that 8” had fallen by the time we left today. Our two days at Le Massif have been phenomenal. We are packing up tonight to head back to Vermont, but we are going to try to hit Le Massif du Sud on the way back.

Wishing you nothing but awesome successful vibes (however you define success)! Your ski game will get a huge kick start rolling Vt daily opposed to our beloved pokes

Had a wonderful day there today. Snow was perfect- like velvet. They have 3 bump runs, we did them multiple times, no ice on them at all until very late in the day. I even did Upper Tunkhannock. So proud of myself

I hate to say it, but I think this is the worst brisket I've ever prepped. Terrible marbling, and I had to cut off so much fat cap. Hope it eats good. @mbike-ski, show @MrsSnowBunSki these pics. I told her it's just salt and pepper!

Nice day Salty, glad you had a great day. I guess the slow lifts didn't bother you much. Now you know why we're Elkaholics!! Sent from my SM-G930V using Tapatalk

I don’t need likes to know that I’m appreciated, unlike you. An arbitrary ‘like’ system doesn’t mean anything, especially on a piece of shit board like this, but I can tell your anxiety is increasing with every like that I get, because it shows how inadequate you really are. We get it. It’s okay. Go back to your hotel with your mashed potatoes. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

The joke is definitely outplayed. Lol

You were doing so well until you starting acting like Doug again. Bummer. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Marinated pork tenderloin BOGO at Giant this week. Picked up a couple more

About rutvegas ? I always wanted to write a skiing version of Zen and the Art of Motorcycle maintenance where it's partially a guide book to skiing, eating and experiencing VT and partially a collection of random ass funny shit that kind of explains VT.....place is so strange in a way, if you hang out there any decent amount of time you run into funny weird shit.

I think they let him out last year

Johnny law might have to bring his Miami hat. It's badass. Salty and Beau should also be there.

Salty, check out the "half-way house" 1/2 way down the West slope, skiers left. It's the locals hang out, picnic spot. Was Elks' original lodge 53 years ago. Sent from my SM-G930V using Tapatalk

Be there Sunday. Anyone redeeming a buddy pass, make sure to let them know you want to redeem this year’s and not next years. It was an issue for some last year.

Did somebody say pot??

You had me at beans Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Also, just went shopping.

Yeah, but you're my kind of dumbasses Thanks for the kind words and well wishes, everyone!

Ok. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Whatever helps you sleep at night. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Salty has skied 9 different areas so far this season. Gotta give him props for that.

Wow you're even ahead of Root in vertical now. Way to get after it Salty!!!! I remember when I told you,"You Can Do It"!!! Gosh darn you did it.

Wow 55mph wow wow wow. Were you in a tuck??

you should write a book

Congrats Sally! We celebrating this Sunday? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Wishing you the best luck in your future endeavours!

The relief after quiting a shitty job is amazing. And scrary. But mostly amazing. good for you.

Probably the Rutland area (I know, I know. This is not an aesthetic decision!). I have people there I can stay with and who can help me get set up.

There capable of inflating the egos of Jerrys who dropped almost a grand on them.

Mogul race on Sunday. Loser cleans Doug's car!

I don't buy that at all!!! Indiggio is like the Johnny Mosley of PASR

Half way down on left hand side, should be skis out front. Small building low roof. Round fireplace inside.

Also should probably subtract the 30' difference based on the molehill they put the top of Comet on, so we can give then a legit 920 if your runout figure is accurate. So they beat Elk by a yard

Blue has 150' more.

I got three bottles of champagne so far and a bunch of Stickman, I have a weber grill if we need it just let me know or if we need something else.

Fat Joe was better when he was actually fat.

Sunday. Have a buddy pass available as well for anybody who is in need, and meets my standards.

I don't even think a roll call thread is needed. Seems like everybody will be out. Maybe even Zonked

I could bring a table too, I just need to track down my caution tape before I commit to it.

Snowing at Blue. Looks like a fresh inch. Wow this weekend is gonna be nice.

This is the first trail I ever skied on. When I ski here I feel like a 10 year old all over again. Awesome that a little place like this is essentially the same 35 years later. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Hehe . . . I can't really answer that, my wife might stop in here and read this. I have the tailgate grill I always bring, and another tailgate grill that isn't as good but could bring it. Has the benefit of having an insert to convert one side to a burner if need be, like to cook a lot of beans or something. I could also bring a Weber kettle and go charcoal as well as gas. Might just do that, not as much worry about wind

After packing up and hitting the road after Bromont, we traveled 3 hours further north to the town just outside of Mont Sainte Anne. We had gotten a room at the Quality Suites there and were only 10 minutes from the base of the mountain. After a good nights sleep, we had breakfast at the Quality Inn, got some discounted vouchers at the hotel, and hit the road. The hotel had no vacancies, and the parking lot was significantly busier than when I had come last year. Regardless, it was never “that” crowded. We redeemed our lift tickets and were on the snow by 9:30. Our first couple runs were uncrowded and had no lift lines. We accidentally ended up in a natural snow only area serviced by a T-Bar. Afroman struggled with the T-Bar and we became separated. After waiting for about 45 minutes at the lodge at the base of the backside of the mountain, I decided to take some runs. I encountered my first “long” lift line of about 10 minutes, but if you hit the singles line, it was much quicker. I lapped the backside of the mountain which is mostly Green and Blue cruisers before finding Afroman about 8 runs later. We headed over to the front side to skiers right for some amazing views. Following that, we got some uncrowded runs off the Gondola. All in all, we did 17 runs today, the majority of them from 11:30 to 4 straight. There was significantly more snow up here than at Bromont. There were decent bump trails and some off piste to be had. Still some bare spots, but this storm Thursday should erase that. It was a mix of frozen granular and packed powder with a moderate wind. Overall, it was a great day. Off to Le Massif de Charlevoix tomorrow.

This report was great. I'm gonna SU a lot this weekend with three days in a row of reports from Salty!!

I'm all clear..I don't think I'm gonna ski tonight I'll wait till Saturday give my arm some chance to rest a little. It's a muscle contusion. Similar to what I did 12 years ago. No sling, no Vicodin...

Day 3 - Alta Much improved visibility, leftovers, still crowded. Our morning started out watching avy blasting over coffee. Alta has a spotter in the saloon (GMD has early coffee in there every morning), so we were talking with him and he was pointing out the areas they were working on. The powder-starved locals called in sick yesterday bc the mtn was still crowded. It was really nice to be able to see where you were going today, and the temps were a little warmer than yesterday. Found lots of soft stuff off the high-t first thing in the morning. Then we headed over to wildcat and found thigh-deep untouched snow. The bro-skiers were out in force, hitting a kicker under the lift. The girls went exploring the sugarloaf and supreme lifts while my buddy rob and I did a lap down in the black jack area. After that we decided to take the high t to the end and we came down high rustler...easily run of the day. After a run thru the trees below Collins lift we met the girls for lunch at the saloon. Lunch was a really good supreme pizza and soda: really hit the spot. After lunch we lapped supreme lift, playing in the trees and steeps off skiers left looking down the mtn. Supreme bowl was closed. One last run of the day was under the collins lift. Another awesome day in ski paradise. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

A classy gesture for sure